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The bagger will allow Public Works to bag compost they are required to provide to county residents as part of a state initiative, instead of leaving a pile for residents to shovel into buckets.
Chuck Magee, Public Works Manager for Kern County, tells 23ABC that the air burner allows the landfill to take waste that was previously left to rot in the landfill and turn it into electrical energy.
Across Kern County, there are 24 locations where residents can take their Christmas trees to be recycled free of charge.
The cost to build the facility is estimated at $27 million, however Public Work's manager Chuck Magee believes the project is a prime candidate to receive a $10 million dollar grant.
Kern County will now accept bids to build a new composting facility officials say will save taxpayers millions of dollars and meet looming state deadlines to cut emissions.